Check-book.



Patanted' Jan. l5, I901.

'No. 666,02l.

.C. S. MOMUL'LIN.

CHECK BOOK.-

(Apylication filed out. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

- WITNESSES.

ATTIJRNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. MCMULLIN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

CHECK-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,021, dated January15, 1901.

Application filed October 29, 1900. Serial No. 34,698. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. MCMULLIN, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Check-Books, of which the following, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in check-books, the object beingto bind a series of check-blanks and memoranda-sheets alternately witheach other and in such manner as to enable the same to be carried in asmall pocket, such as an ordinary vest-pocket.

To this end the invention consists in the combination and formation of acheck-book, as hereinafterfully described,and pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an isometric view of my improvedcheck-book opened and showing the alternate arrangement of thecheck-blank and memorandaleaves and also the fold of the check-blankleaves. Fig. 2 is an enlarged isometric view of fragmentary portions ofa series of leaves, showing the stubs of the check-blanks and portionsof the memoranda-leaves in their position assumed when bound together.Fig. 3 is an isometric view of one of the detached checks.

My invention consists, essentially, of a series of folded check-blanksheets 1 and a second series of memoranda-sheets 2, arranged inalternate relation to each other and bound together at their transverseedges for forming a narrow elongated check-book adapted to be carried inan ordinary vest-pocket for use at any time when desired. In order toprotect these sheets from undue soiling or wear, I preferably bind thesame in a suitable case or cover 3, which also gives a substantial andneat appearance to the pad.

The sheets 1 and 2 may be of any desired form or size, are preferablyrectangular in forn1,and are of substantially uniform length, the sheets2 being elongated and suitably printed on one side with suchmemorandaheadings as may be desired. The sheets 1 are also suitablyprinted on one side with the usual headings for check-blanks, arepractically twice the width of the sheets 2, and are folded at theirlongitudinal centers from end to end, each therebyforming a double sheetunited at one of their longitudinal edges and formed when folded ofsubstantially the same dimensions as the sheet 2. These sheets 1 areusually provided with transverse perforations 4 in proximity to theirbinding edges, but separated a sufficient distance from said edges toclear the binding and permit the body of the check-sheet to be readilydetached at the perforations when desired.

Prior to binding the sheets 1 are folded at their longitudinal centers.The sheets 2 are then arranged in alternate relation to the sheets 1,with their printed faces adjacent to the printed portions of the sheets1, indicating the payee, payor, amount, &c., and the transverse bindingedges of the sheets are then suitably alined and securely bound in aneat and compact pad with the cover 3. It is thus apparentthat theobverse sides of the sheets face each other, the sheets 1 being printedin such manner that the less important mattersuch as the date, name ofbank, &c.appears on the reverse side, but when detached from its stuband unfolded, as seen in Fig. 3, presents the usual form forcheckblanks. When writing out a check upon one of the blank sheets 1,the memoranda referring to said check is readily placed upon the exposedor printed face of the adjacent sheet 2, and the folded check is thendetached from its stub and unfolded, thus retaining in book form thememoranda-sheets, which may be filed away and preserved for futurereference,

The operation of my invention will now be readily understood uponreference to the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A check-book comprising a series of check-blank leaves andmemoranda-leaves alternating with each other and having correspondingends bound to each other, said check-leaves being of substantially twicethe width of the latter leaves and folded on their longitudinal centersand perforated transversely for the purpose described.

2. A check-book comprising a series of check-blank leaves printed on oneside and each folded longitudinally upon itself and provided withtransverse perforations near one In witness whereof I have hereunto setm y end, a second series of memoranda-leaves alhand this 25th day ofOctober, 1900. ternatin with the folded leaves and also printed En oneside, said leaves of each series CHARLES lVICMULLIN 5 being boundtogether at one of their trans- Witnesses:

verse ends and having their printed faces ad- H. E. CHASE, v jacent eachother. MILDRED M. NOTT.

